In New York‚ a federal judge sentenced former CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte to 40 years in prison‚ after being convicted of leaking thousands of CIA documents known as “Vault 7” to WikiLeaks. The leaks‚ published in 2017‚ revealed CIA programs and tools that are capable of hacking into Apple and Android cellphones. In addition to espionage and computer hacking‚ Schulte was also convicted for possessing child pornography.

Michigan is where presidential dreams live or die. Donald Trump surprisingly won the state by votes in 2016. Joe Biden took the Wolverine State back for Democrats ‚ but the president might have a tough time repeating his performance this year. "Michigan Dems have a warning for Biden‚" announced‚ as the president visited the state on Thursday. Arab American voters are a powerful bloc in the state‚ and many are angry about his support for Israel's war in the Gaza Strip. "My suggestion has been...

House Republicans subpoenaed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Friday over her office's potential misuse of federal funds. The subpoena was delivered just prior to Willis' admission in a court filing that she has been involved in a relationship with a married man whom she ultimately appointed top prosecutor on former President Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case. The subpoena and the home-wrecking admission both come on the heels of the Georgia Senate taking "the first...

State Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) will face additional charges of mail fraud‚ wire fraud and obstruction of justice in the ever-growing scandal surrounding a youth baseball kickback scheme that has already seen one state lawmaker resign his position. Rogers was on one count of obstructing justice and one count of obstruction by bribery in September 2023‚ following a fraud investigation involving a public works fund in Jefferson County. Both former State Rep. Fred Plump‚ Jr. (D-Fairfield)...

Joe Rogan has secured a new multiyear deal with streaming giant Spotify. The new agreement would allow the popular “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast to be distributed across various platforms including YouTube‚ Amazon‚ and Apple. This a change from the previous deal’s terms‚ which made the show exclusive to the music streaming service. “Spotify will work closely with Joe and his team to continue to maximize the audience of the show across platforms‚” the company said in a prepared statement....

Click to see story on The Toowoomba Chronicle Click to see story on The Epoch Times See who else is reporting on this story and which side of the political spectrum they lean. To read other sources‚ click on the plus signs below. Musician Ted Nugent performed for the attendees of the “Take Our Border Back” convoy Thursday‚ Feb. 1‚ in Dripping Springs‚ Texas. The convoy‚ made up of mostly truckers‚ is heading to southern border towns to “peacefully assemble” and call on the U.S. government to...

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday canceled the planned March 4 trial she’d set for Donald Trump ’s election-obstruction case in Washington and said she’d set a new date when a federal appeals court decides his immunity claim. The criminal case is one of four the former president faces as he campaigns to return to the White House in the November presidential election.